Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.
GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY
Rifle
307 Winchester
The 307 Winchester was introduced in 1982 in a beefed-up version of the Model 1894 Winchester. It is (loosely) based on a semi-rimmed version of the 308 Winchester case, and although it has never been popular it greatly exceeds traditional 30-30 ballistics, with a 150-grain bullet at 2760 feet per second and a 180-grain bullet at 2510. Downrange ballistics are impaired by the requirement to use flat-nosed or blunt-nosed bullets in tubular magazines, but with its higher velocity it shoots much flatter than the 30-30 and delivers more energy; it is thus adequate for elk out to perhaps 200 yards. No new rifles are chambered to 307 Winchester, and Winchester has always been the sole source of ammuntion. — Craig Boddington